#AD8A3E#AD8A3E

#AD8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.103 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A3E
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 4.67, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 44.97, 84.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0102 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.103 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1930, 27.4107, 8.4150)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A3E #3E61AD

analogous

#AD523E #AD8A3E #98AD3E

triadic

#AD8A3E #3EAD8A #8A3EAD

tetradic

#AD8A3E #3EAD52 #3E61AD #AD3E98

square

#AD8A3E #3EAD52 #3E61AD #AD3E98

split-complementary

#AD8A3E #3E98AD #523EAD

monochromatic

#53421E #80662E #AD8A3E #C7A762 #D7C08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AD8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A3E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A3E	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.103 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab76',
    500: '#ad8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a3e;
$custom-light: #c9ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.081,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65134,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A3E

secondary

#8598C2

accent

#7BD751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A3E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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